Rusty-breasted wheatear

The rusty-breasted wheatear (Oenanthe frenata) is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that is found in montane Eritrea and Ethiopia.

Rusty-breasted wheatear
In Ethiopia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Oenanthe
Species:
O. frenata
Binomial name
Oenanthe frenata
(Heuglin, 1869)

The rusty-breasted wheatear was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the red-breasted wheatear(Oenanthe bottae) which is now renamed the buff-breasted wheatear.[2][3]

References edit

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Oenanthe frenata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103774137A104221676. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103774137A104221676.en. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  3. ^ Collar, N.; Kirwan, G.M.; Christie, D.A. (2022). Billerman, S.M.; Sly, N.D. (eds.). "Rusty-breasted Wheatear (Oenanthe frenata), version 1.0". Birds of the World. Ithaca, NY, USA: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. doi:10.2173/bow.rebwhe3.01.